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Adams, J, Peng, W, Prior, J, Dunston, R, McIntyre, E, Connon, I, Sibbritt, D, Broom, A, Davidson, P & Leech, B 2019, 'Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine as Self-Care in Chronic Illness: A Focus Upon Stroke and Older Adults' in Public Health and Health Services Research in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health Care, WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE), pp. 163-178.
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Adams, J, Prior, JH, Sibbritt, D, Connon, I, Dunston, R, McIntyre, E & Lauche, R 2019, 'Women’s Health and Complementary and Integrative Medicine' in Adams, J, Steel, A, Broom, A & Frawley, J (eds), Women's Health and Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Routledge, New York, pp. 77-94.
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This chapter examines the use of complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) self-care practices and products with reference to women with chronic illness. Introducing a case study of women with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis drawing upon the first focused empirical inquiry of a large sample of older women with either of these two conditions the chapter explores the significance of the self-care concept in helping to understand significant dimensions of CIM use and interpret the actions of CIM users. All these circumstances highlight the significance of studying and attempting to understand the complexities of women living with chronic illness in the community with a view to helping inform health services and a health system that can successfully address their ongoing needs and challenges. If a woman indicated taking/using one or more of the self-care health practices or products, she was asked to indicate whether this use was effective.

Brydges, T 2019, 'SUSTAINABLE FASHION IN CANADA: Unpacking the Spaces and Practices of “Made in Canada”' in Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, pp. 74-82.

Chowdhury, TJ & Hossain, MR 2019, 'Combating Monga of Northwestern Bangladesh' in Khatun, H, Baquee, A & Kabir, H (eds), People at Risk Disaster and Despair.

Dominish, E, Briggs, C, Teske, S & Mey, F 2019, 'Just Transition: Employment Projections for the 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C Scenarios' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 413-435.
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© The Author(s) 2019. This section provides the input data for two different employment development calculation methods: The quantitative analysis, which looks into the overall number of jobs in renewable and fossil fuel industries and the occupational analysis which looks into specific job categories required for the solar and wind sector as well as the oil, gas, and coal industry. Results are given with various figures and tables.

Gidley, JM 2019, 'Transhumanism' in Critical Terms in Futures Studies, Springer International Publishing, pp. 319-326.
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Giurco, D, Dominish, E, Florin, N, Watari, T & McLellan, B 2019, 'Requirements for Minerals and Metals for 100% Renewable Scenarios' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 437-457.
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© The Author(s) 2019. This chapter explores the magnitude of the changes in patterns of material use that will be associated with the increasing deployment of renewable energy and discusses the implications for sustainable development. In particular, this chapter focuses on the increased use of lithium and cobalt, metals which are used extensively in battery technologies, and silver used in solar cells. Consistent with the strong growth in renewable energy and electrification of the transport system required in a 1.5°C scenario, the material requirements also rise dramatically, particularly for cobalt and lithium. Scenarios developed for this study show that increasing recycling rates and material efficiency can significantly reduce primary demand for metals.

Grant, M & Willetts, J 2019, 'CHAPTER 7 – Learning for adaptive management: using systems thinking tools to inform knowledge and learning approaches' in Systems Thinking and WASH, Practical Action Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 107-132.
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This chapter explores how learning theory and systems thinking tools can help WASH organizations select the most appropriate processes and tools to facilitate learning, leverage greatest WASH impacts, and support their staff to optimize their learning potential. We draw on two key systems thinking tools: the Cynefin framework developed by David Snowden and Donella Meadows’ leverage points. The Cynefin framework can be used to help actors identify what kind of WASH situation an organization is operating within, and which learning tools and processes might be most useful for each situation. The concept of ‘leverage points’ can support a process of stepping back to consider the kinds of changes needed and intended, which ‘levers’ could create such changes in a WASH situation, and which learning processes are best suited to a particular leverage point. By using these tools from the outset, organizations can make informed, strategic decisions about where to place scarce resources for knowledge and learning to increase leverage, and maximize WASH outcomes. This chapter concludes that learning can be a key driver of sustainability transformation and impact, but only if inequitable power dynamics are challenged, critical thinking is employed, and learning is truly shared and applied to real-world problems.

Hope, R, Foster, T, Koehler, J & Thomson, P 2019, 'Rural Water Policy in Africa and Asia' in Dadson, S, Garrick, D, Penning-Rowsell, E, Hall, J, Hope, R & Hughes, J (eds), Water Science, Policy and Management A Global Challenge, Wiley, USA, pp. 159-179.
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Universal delivery of improved drinking water services in rural Africa and Asia has been an enduring policy challenge for decades. Whilst drinking water coverage has generally improved, only one in five countries below 95% coverage in 2015 is currently on track to achieve basic drinking water services for all by 2030. We identify and evaluate three periods of rural water policy in Africa and Asia between 1980 and 2030 to (i) identify four pillars of rural water policy design, (ii) consider how they have adapted over time, and (iii) propose priorities for progress. We argue for an increase in investments in designing and testing emerging institutional models for rural water services to evaluate the trade‐offs in performance across institutional, financial and operational dimensions. Stronger empirical evidence will allow policy and planning to balance and negotiate short‐term political goals with long‐term sector sustainability for the benefit of the poor.

Kohlitz, J, Carrard, N & Foster, T 2019, 'CHAPTER 5 – Social-ecological system resilience for WASH' in Neely, K (ed), Systems Thinking and WASH, Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Rugby, Warwickshire, pp. 79-92.
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In a rapidly changing world, WASH services are often exposed to a range of unpredictable social, environmental, economic, and physical disturbances that disrupt WASH access. Social-ecological system (SES) resilience thinking can inform WASH service delivery approaches that adapt to changing conditions in order to sustain access for users rather than resist change. In this chapter, we familiarize readers with SES resilience thinking and consider its application to WASH services. We outline three key processes that practitioners can follow to get themselves and other stakeholders into an SES resilience mindset: mapping WASH systems, considering SES resilience principles, and identifying areas for interventions. We provide illustrative examples and resources to assist practitioners in thinking about how SES resilience concepts can be used to plan for WASH services that are flexible and adaptive. We also consider some limitations and pitfalls to SES resilience concepts to encourage readers to take a critical approach.

Leahy, C, Winterford, K, Nghiem, T, Kelleher, J, Leong, L & Willetts, J 2019, 'CHAPTER 9 – Transforming gender relations through water, sanitation, and hygiene programming and monitoring in Vietnam' in Gender and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Practical Action Publishing, pp. 143-162.
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McIntyre, E, Prior, J & Adams, J 2019, 'Traditional Medicine and Relational Ecological Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities' in Public Health and Health Services Research in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Health Care: International Perspectives, World Scientific Publishing, UK, pp. 252-273.

Mills, F, Willetts, J, Petterson, S & Mitchell, C 2019, 'Pathogen flows in urban environments and their public health risks: A new conceptual approach to inform sanitation planning' in Petterson, S & Medema, G (eds), Water and Sanitation for the 21st Century: Health and Microbiological Aspects of Excreta and Wastewater Management (Global Water Pathogen Project), Michigan State University.
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Pregger, T, Simon, S, Naegler, T & Teske, S 2019, 'Main Assumptions for Energy Pathways' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 93-130.
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© The Author(s) 2019. The aim of this chapter is to make the scenario calculations fully transparent and comprehensible to the scientific community. It provides the scenario narratives for the reference case (5.0 °C) as well as for the 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C on a global and regional basis. Cost projections for all fossil fuels and renewable energy technologies until 2050 are provided. Explanations are given for all relevant base year data for the modelling and the main input parameters such as GDP, population, renewable energy potentials and technology parameters.

Teske, S 2019, 'Trajectories for a Just Transition of the Fossil Fuel Industry' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 403-411.
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© The Author(s) 2019. This section provides historical production data for coal, oil and gas between 1980 and 2015. The 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C scenario lead to specific phase-out pathways for each of the fossil fuel types. Current regional production volumes are compared with future demands. The results provide the input for the employment analysis in the following chapter for the fossil fuel sector. This section discusses the need to shift the current political debate about coal, oil and gas which is focused on security of supply and price security towards an open debate about an orderly withdrawal from coal, oil and gas extraction industries.

Teske, S & Pregger, T 2019, 'Introduction' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals: Global and Regional 100% Renewable Energy Scenarios with Non-Energy GHG Pathways for +1.5C and +2C, pp. 1-4.
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Brief introduction to the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and its main goals, followed by the project background, motivation and objectives. Presentation of the specific research questions for the energy and climate scenario development. Short overview of published 100% renewable energy scenarios and the main differences between those scenarios and the newly developed 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C scenarios presented in the book. Overview about the basic assumptions in regard to technology preferences in future energy pathways. Discussion of the advantages and limitations of scenarios in the energy and climate debate.

Teske, S, Meinshausen, M & Dooley, K 2019, 'State of Research' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 5-23.
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© The Author(s) 2019. This chapter sets the context for the climate and energy scenario development. The first part summarizes the scientific status quo of climate change research and explains how the global climate has changed over recent decades and the likely outcomes if we continue with business as usual and fail to drastically reduce GHG emissions. The second part reviews the development of the global energy markets during the past decade. Trends in the power-, transport- and heating sector in regard to technologies and investments are provided for the year of writing (2018). The developments put the energy scenarios presented in the following chapters into a global context.

Teske, S, Nagrath, K, Morris, T & Dooley, K 2019, 'Renewable Energy Resource Assessment' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 161-173.
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© The Author(s) 2019. Literature overview of published global and regional renewable energy potential estimates. This section provides definitions for different types of RE potentials and introduces a new category, the economic renewable energy potential in space constrained environments. The potential for utility scale solar and onshore wind in square kilometre and maximum possible installed capacity (in GW) are provided for 75 different regions. The results set the upper limits for the deployment of solar- and wind technologies for the development of the 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C energy pathways.

Teske, S, Pregger, T, Naegler, T, Simon, S, Pagenkopf, J, van den Adel, B & Deniz, Ö 2019, 'Energy Scenario Results' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 175-401.
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© The Author(s) 2019. Results for the 5.0 C, 2.0 C and 1.5 C scenarios for ten world regions in regard to energy-related carbon-dioxide emissions, final-, primary-, transport- and heating demand and the deployment of various supply technologies to meet the demand. Furthermore, the electricity demand and generation scenarios are provided. The key results of a power sector analysis which simulates further electricity supply with high shares of solar- and wind power in one hour steps is provided. The ten world regions are divided into eight sub-regions and the expected development of loads, capacity-factors for various power plant types and storage demands are provided. This chapter contains more than 100 figures and tables.

Teske, S, Pregger, T, Pagenkopf, J, van den Adel, B, Deniz, Ö, Meinshausen, M & Giurco, D 2019, 'Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 471-487.
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© The Author(s) 2019. The following section focuses on the main findings in all parts of the research, with priority given to high-level lessons, to avoid the repetition of previous chapters. The key findings as well as the research limitations and further research requirements are given for following topics: Renewable energy potential mapping, Transport scenario and long-term energy scenario development, power sector analysis, employment and mineral resource implications for the 2.0C and 1.5C scenarios and non-energy GHG scenarios, Policy recommendations for the energy sector with a focus on policies for buildings sector decarbonisation, for the transport and industry sector as well as a recommended political framework for power markets are provided.

Teske, S, Pregger, T, Simon, S, Naegler, T, Pagenkopf, J, van den Adel, B, Meinshausen, M, Dooley, K, Briggs, C, Dominish, E, Giurco, D, Florin, N, Morris, T & Nagrath, K 2019, 'Methodology' in Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, pp. 25-78.
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© The Author(s) 2019. A detailed overview of the methodologies used to develop the 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C scenario presented in this book. Starting with the overall modelling approach, the interaction of seven different models is explained which are used to calculate and developed detailed scenarios for greenhouse gas emission and energy pathways to stay within a 2.0 °C and 1.5 °C global warming limit. The following models are presented: For the non-energy GHG emission pathways, the Generalized Equal Quantile Walk (GQW)method, the land-based sequestration design method and the Carbon cycle and climate (MAGICC) model. For the energy pathways, a renewable energy resources assessment for space constrained environments ([R]E-SPACE, the transport scenario model (TRAEM), the Energy System Model (EM) and the power system model [R]E 24/7. The methodologies of an employment analysis model, and a metal resource assessment tool are outlined. These models have been used to examine the analysis of the energy scenario results.

Abeysuriya, K, Willetts, J, Carrard, N & Kome, A 2019, 'City Sanitation planning through a political economy lens', Water Alternatives, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 907-929.
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While citywide sanitation planning is perceived to be an enabler of coordinated improvements in sanitation services for developing countries, intended outcomes have often been elusive. In order to illustrate how political economy, chosen planning approaches, and ideas about change and development have acted as determinants of outcomes, this paper draws on three case study countries that took qualitatively different approaches to sanitation planning - Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. The analysis found that the assumptions informing the planning methods were often not valid, which then undermined the potential for successful implementation. Based on the analysis, the paper argues that urban sanitation planning and implementation in developing countries needs to be transformed to reduce the emphasis on comprehensiveness and instead emphasise flexibility, a learning orientation and strategically chosen incentives. This approach demands tighter cycles of planning and action, direct testing of assumptions, and an in-depth understanding of the local- and national-level political economy and the links between them. It requires innovation to be enabled, with funding mechanisms that focus on outcome rather than input. In this way it would be possible to shift away from the typical emphasis on prescriptive procedural planning steps and towards delivery of the much-needed improved sanitation outcomes.

Al'Afghani, MM, Kohlitz, J & Willetts, J 2019, 'Not built to last: Improving legal and institutional arrangements for community-based water and sanitation service delivery in Indonesia', Water Alternatives, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 285-303.
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The community-based water and sanitation provision model has been widely used since the 1990s, proliferating in Indonesia since 2003. Recently, Indonesia has made plans to achieve universal access to water and sanitation by 2019, primarily by using the community-based model. The model, however, has been criticised with respect to sustainability challenges, the excessive burden it potentially places on communities, and for inadvertently undermining local government engagement in supporting services. This paper analyses the legal and institutional arrangements for community-based water and sanitation delivery in Indonesia, and finds four key issues: (i) absence of legal personality, (ii) lack of asset security, (iii) lack of financial security, and (iv) lack of a service standard. These shortcomings could have implications not only in the long-term use of the infrastructure, but also in terms of human rights. This paper explains that such issues are caused by the prevalent 'community empowerment' norm. Instead of a hands-off, post-construction government approach where communities are 'left alone', we propose legal reforms relating to these four areas which are in line with a co-management approach, one in which both the government and the community have responsibilities to support and manage service delivery.

Baumber, A, Metternicht, G, Cross, R, Ruoso, L-E, Cowie, AL & Waters, C 2019, 'Promoting co-benefits of carbon farming in Oceania: Applying and adapting approaches and metrics from existing market-based schemes', Ecosystem Services, vol. 39, pp. 100982-100982.
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Carbon farming in its various forms has the potential to deliver a range of ecosystem services in addition to climate regulation. In Australia, the main public ‘co-benefits’ that could result from carbon farming are conservation of biodiversity, increases in soil and water quality, productivity increases, and economic and cultural services for Indigenous communities. While there is a lack of empirical evidence that carbon farming is delivering these ecosystem services to date, various metrics have been developed by researchers and through other payment for ecosystem services schemes that may enable effective targeting of these co-benefits. In this article, we review previous studies and schemes and identify four main approaches for metrics that could be applied to carbon farming in Australia: (1) spatial modelling, (2) benchmarks; (3) environmental benefit indices; and (4) indicators. The relative value of each of these approaches varies, depending on the objectives of policy-makers. Spatial modelling and benchmarks can play a key role in decision support systems for landholders who may be interested in carbon farming. Indices are valuable for the development of new or modified market-based schemes that weigh up different co-benefits. Indicators are critical for outcome-based payment schemes and for verifying the effectiveness of co-benefit policies overall.

Brydges, T & Hracs, BJ 2019, 'The locational choices and interregional mobilities of creative entrepreneurs within Canada’s fashion system', Regional Studies, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 517-527.
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Although creative industries and creative talent have traditionally clustered in established global centres such as London and New York, new forms of independent production, digital technologies and mobilities are reshaping this landscape. Drawing on 87 interviews and participant observation, this paper considers whether independent fashion designers in Canada still need to locate in the established centres to realize their ambitions. It explores how these entrepreneurs choose a ‘home base’ for their operations and demonstrates how they mobilize three forms of mobility (temporary, mediated, virtual) to access opportunities and resources within Canada’s fashion system.

Brydges, T & Hracs, BJ 2019, 'What motivates millennials? How intersectionality shapes the working lives of female entrepreneurs in Canada’s fashion industry', Gender, Place & Culture, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 510-532.
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Brydges, T & Sjöholm, J 2019, 'Becoming a personal style blogger: Changing configurations and spatialities of aesthetic labour in the fashion industry', International Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 119-139.
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The increasing pervasiveness of social media and digital technology has had a particular impact on the geographies and nature of work in the fashion industry. A new segment of entrepreneurs – fashion bloggers – are utilizing these digital technologies, such as blogs and social media, to transform their personal lives and style into online businesses. This article draws on an in-depth case study analysis of an American personal style fashion blog; tracing its nine-year evolution from an ‘outfit-of-the-day’ personal style blog, to one that encompasses her entire personal life, including diets, fitness, home décor and pregnancy. By focusing on one blog, we provide an in-depth exploration from its roots as a hobby for personal expression to a means of full-time employment in the fashion industry. Through this examination, emphasis is given to the process of becoming a blogger and the intensification of the ways in which the self is presented and commodified over time. We argue that personal style fashion bloggers provide an illustrative case study, not only for expanding our understanding of aesthetic labour in the digital age, but also highlighting the spaces and temporalities of work that these new formations and engagements of work give rise to. These processes highlight the changing configurations and spatialities of aesthetic labour online.

Carrard, N, Foster, T & Willetts, J 2019, 'Groundwater as a Source of Drinking Water in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: A Multi-Country Review of Current Reliance and Resource Concerns', Water, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1605-1605.
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Groundwater is widely acknowledged to be an important source of drinking water in low-income regions, and it, therefore, plays a critical role in the realization of the human right to water. However, the proportion of households using groundwater compared with other sources is rarely quantified, with national and global datasets more focused on facilities—rather than resources—used. This is a significant gap in knowledge, particularly in light of efforts to expand water services in line with the inclusive and integrated agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. Understanding the prevalence of groundwater reliance for drinking is critical for those involved in water services planning and management, so they can better monitor and advocate for management of water resources that supports sustainable services for households. This paper contributes data that can be used to strengthen the integration of resource considerations within water service delivery and inform the work of development partners supporting this area. We approach this issue from two perspectives. Firstly, we collate data on the proportion of households using groundwater as their primary drinking water source for 10 Southeast Asian and Pacific nations, finding an average of 66% (range of 17–93% for individual countries) of households in urban areas and 60% (range of 22–95%) of households in rural areas rely on groundwater for drinking. Together, these constitute 79% of the total population across the case study countries. Secondly, we review current and emerging groundwater resource concerns within each country, using a systems thinking approach to assess how groundwater resource issues influence household water services. Findings support the case for governments and development agencies to strengthen engagement with groundwater resource management as foundational for achieving sustainable water services for all.

Carrard, N, Madden, B, Chong, J, Grant, M, Nghiêm, TP, Bùi, LH, Hà, HTT & Willetts, J 2019, 'Are piped water services reaching poor households? Empirical evidence from rural Viet Nam', Water Research, vol. 153, pp. 239-250.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The delivery of water services to the poor is lagging, yet local causes and manifestations of this are not well understood. Better data is needed to identify inequalities where they occur, explore underlying reasons, and develop strategies to achieve more equitable access. A focus on the local scale is important because this is where water services are delivered, and inequalities in access can be best observed. This paper presents a mixed-methods study of poor households’ access to piped water in rural Viet Nam, providing insight into local dynamics of the water/poverty nexus. Findings pointed to lower rates of piped water access for poor households across areas served by government, private and community service providers. Connection fees were found to be the primary barrier to poor households accessing available piped services. The study also found that where financial support is provided, poor households can achieve comparable or even higher rates of access. Key implications of the study are the demonstrated value of, and yet challenges associated with, rigorous local-level monitoring to ensure equitable, quality service delivery.

Chowdhury, T, Arbon, P, Steenkamp, M, Kako, M & Gebbie, K 2019, 'Exploring Health Challenges of South Asian Women at the Evacuation Centers after Disasters', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, vol. 34, no. s1, pp. s31-s31.
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Introduction:Globally, women are considered to be more vulnerable during disasters. South Asia including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Nepal experience many disasters, and are also ranked lowest on the gender equality index. Women of these countries tend to face many health challenges while staying at evacuation centers after disasters.Aim:This study highlights the health challenges South Asian women face while staying in evacuation centers after disasters.Methods:A narrative review was conducted using the keywords, “women after disaster,” “evacuation centers,” and “emergency health care.” Literature identified from the references were also added until reaching saturation. 47 articles were obtained through Elsevier, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ProQuest.Results:Women in shelters in South Asian countries experienced many health challenges including genito-urinary tract infections (studies from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), increased maternal mortality (Nepal and Pakistan), and sexual assault with resulting unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV (Nepal). Factors that contributed were the unavailability of separate toilets, inadequate sanitation, lack of sanitary supplies, and inadequate childbirth and maternity care resources. Rape victims at the shelters of Myanmar received delayed medical treatments, causing long-term health complications. Post-disaster stress and trauma were evident among women at the shelters initiated by insecurity, fear of abuse, and unfair relief distribution.Discu...

Connon, ILC, Prior, JH, McIntyre, E, Adams, J & Madden, B 2019, 'How does living with a disability affect resident worry about environmental contamination? A study of a long-term pervasive hazard', Environmental Hazards, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 459-478.
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© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. While a growing body of research within the environmental hazards scholarship examines how disability affects human responses to major, sudden-onset environmental disasters, little attention has been given to understanding how disability affects responses to long-term, pervasive environmental hazards. Research analysing human responses to land and groundwater legacy contamination in residential areas has identified the significance of demographic and psychosocial determinants of worry, however the question of how living with a disability affects resident worry about contamination remains unanswered. This article provides a cornerstone study for exploring the relation between worry about environmental contamination and disability. A study of 486 adults living in 13 urban residential areas in Australia affected by a range of contaminants was undertaken in 2014. Ordinal logistic regression analysis found respondents with a disability were significantly more likely to worry about contamination than those without. People living with a disability had significantly higher amounts of worry about the contamination than those living without. Changes to residents’ daily habits in response to the contamination and perceptions of personal control over exposure to the contamination present important considerations for understanding the implications of worry for people living with and without a disability in the environmental contamination context.

Cunningham, I, Willetts, J, Winterford, K & Foster, T 2019, 'Participation and power dynamics between international non-governmental organisations and local partners: A rural water case study in Indonesia', Water Alternatives, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 953-974.
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Community-Based Management (CBM) is an important part of Indonesia's goal of universal access to water. However, approaches to CBM tend to neglect the impact of power relationships between community-based organisations (CBOs) and their external donor partners on CBO management capacity. This paper explores the power dynamics between a CBO and their donor partner, the international NGO Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB), in a rural water supply project in Tenganan, Indonesia. A diffracted power frame was used to analyse the response of CBO power to EWB's participatory approach. The approach was sensitised to power, gave primacy to the CBO's vision, used local assets, and had a flexible timeline. The CBO's power was evident in the strength of its vision, its resistance to government involvement, the occasional rejection of technical advice from EWB, and its increased confidence in its capacity to manage Tenganan's water supply. The findings reinforce the political nature of participation, with implications for approaches to establishing CBM in Indonesia and elsewhere. Strengthened outcomes in rural water supply are likely to result from greater self-reflection by external partners regarding their own positionality, coupled with a focus on strategies for maintaining and enhancing the power of CBOs.

Elliott, M, Foster, T, MacDonald, MC, Harris, AR, Schwab, KJ & Hadwen, WL 2019, 'Addressing how multiple household water sources and uses build water resilience and support sustainable development', npj Clean Water, vol. 2, no. 1.
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AbstractThe routine use of multiple water sources to meet household water needs is widely practiced and has been reported in many developing countries. However, it is typically neglected by implementers, development organizations, and researchers who tend to focus exclusively on the “main source of drinking water.” In this Perspective, we explain the nature and scope of multiple water source use (MWSU) at the household level in developing countries. We also describe the implications of MWSU for human health and water resilience, and identify key knowledge gaps, risks, and opportunities associated with MWSU. Finally, we argue that understanding MWSU is feasible for researchers and implementers and is essential for properly designing research studies and water supply projects.

Feenstra, M, Monteiro, J, van den Akker, JT, Abu-Zahra, MRM, Gilling, E & Goetheer, E 2019, 'Ship-based carbon capture onboard of diesel or LNG-fuelled ships', International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol. 85, pp. 1-10.
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Foley, H, Steel, A, McIntyre, E, Sibbritt, D, Wardle, J, Harnett, J, Frawley, J & Adams, J 2019, 'Reasons for disclosing conventional and complementary medicine use to health care providers: communication by patients with and without chronic conditions', Advances in Integrative Medicine, vol. 6, pp. S17-S17.
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Foster, T, McSorley, B & Willetts, J 2019, 'Comparative performance evaluation of handpump water-supply technologies in northern Kenya and The Gambia', Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 535-551.
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Safe drinking water for all is unlikely to be achieved without major improvements in the sustainability of rural water supplies in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite heavy dependence on groundwater across the African continent, there is little empirical evidence on the relative reliability of different water-lifting technologies. This study comparatively evaluated the operational performance of the BluePump against the Afridev, India Mark II and PB Mark II handpumps. The field assessment took place in Turkana County (northern Kenya) and The Gambia, contexts with contrasting environmental, social and institutional characteristics. When controlling for other variables, in both study sites the BluePump had significantly lower odds of a breakdown occurring over a 12-month period compared with other handpumps. The BluePump also had significantly lower odds of a nonfunctional status relative to the Afridev in Turkana, though no significant effect on functionality was observed relative to the India Mark II in either study site or the PB Mark II in The Gambia. In Turkana, the impact of fewer breakdowns on operational uptime and point-in-time functionality may have been moderated by a subsidised maintenance service for which communities pay a fixed annual fee irrespective of handpump type and breakdown frequency. In The Gambia, the BluePump had significantly longer breakdowns than Mark II handpumps because of a problematic maintenance model. The results indicate that technological innovations such as the BluePump can lead to operational improvements, but technology alone is no panacea and the long-term sustainability of water supplies ultimately depends upon the effectiveness of maintenance services.

Foster, T, Rand, E, Sami, E, Dance, B, Kohlitz, J & Willetts, J 2019, 'Does the source of water for piped supplies affect child health? Evidence from rural Vanuatu', Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 591-595.
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Abstract Piped water systems are considered to provide the highest service level for drinking water supplies; however, global monitoring of safe water access pays little attention to the type of water source that piped systems draw upon, even if the water is not treated prior to distribution. This study sought to understand whether the source of water for untreated piped supplies influences the prevalence of diarrhoea among children in rural Vanuatu. The analysis was based on a dataset integrating a Demographic and Health Survey and a nationwide water supply inventory. After adjusting for a range of potential confounders, the results revealed a significant association between diarrhoea and the type of water source supplying a piped system. Compared with borehole-supplied piped systems, spring-fed piped systems were significantly associated with increased odds of diarrhoea (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 5.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1–31, p = 0.040). No significant association between diarrhoea and piped systems drawing on surface water was observed. Increased odds of diarrhoea were significantly associated with water supply systems constructed prior to the year 2000 (AOR 4.9, 95% CI 1.9–13, p = 0.001). The results highlight the need for improvements in spring protection as well as ongoing maintenance and periodic renewal of water supply infrastructure. This article has been made Open Access thanks to the generous support of a global network of libraries as part of the Knowledge Unlatched Select initiative.

Foster, T, Willetts, J & Kotra, KK 2019, 'Faecal contamination of groundwater in rural Vanuatu: prevalence and predictors', Journal of Water and Health, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 737-748.
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Abstract Groundwater is an important source of water for coastal communities in Pacific Island Countries. This study assessed the prevalence and predictors of faecal contamination in groundwater sources across 11 islands in Vanuatu. Escherichia coli was detected in 49% of sources and E. coli concentration exceeded 10 MPN (most probable number)/100 mL for 23% of sources. When adjusting for other variables, the detection of E. coli was significantly associated with severe pump stand corrosion, suggestive of contaminated run-off directly entering boreholes. E. coli concentration >10 MPN/100 mL was also significantly associated with: (i) hand-dug wells (as compared to drilled boreholes); (ii) severe pump stand corrosion; (iii) water points underlain by volcanic rocks (as compared to coral limestone); and (iv) rainfall in the previous 24 h. Encasing pump stands in concrete – as some communities had done – was found to have a significant protective effect. While baseline statistics for Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1 suggest that 87% of Vanuatu's rural population have access to at least a basic (improved) water source, the results from this study point to extensive microbial water quality concerns linked to degraded water supply infrastructure in need of rehabilitation.

Gonzalez Lago, M, Plant, R & Jacobs, B 2019, 'Re-politicising soils: What is the role of soil framings in setting the agenda?', Geoderma, vol. 349, pp. 97-106.
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Soils, like other natural resources, are in crisis; a policy vacuum exists, and we are observing dedicated efforts from the scientific community to address this vacuum. At the forefront of these efforts is the concept of ‘soil security’, which to date has gained support amongst soil advocates but still lacks traction in the political arena. This calls into question the alignment of current framings of soil sustainability, such as soil security, with policy makers' perceptions of the issue. To contribute to a stronger framing of soils for political agenda setting, we offer a social science perspective. We apply Stone's causal stories framework to review conceptually how ‘soil security’ and related concepts might operate in agenda setting. From there, we proceed to analyse the jurisdictional case of soil policy development in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. We find that despite the presence of a compelling policy ‘window’ and completion of a draft policy document, a change of government in NSW has caused the implementation of a new soil policy to fail. While the causes of this failure are largely unexplored, we suggest that the application of transdisciplinary approaches to soil policy processes could help avoid such situations in the future. Transdisciplinary approaches could assist policy processes through the development of a strong soil narrative that can re-politicise soils, instigate lasting soil policies and ultimately lead to societies' sustainable soil use and management. We advocate a more explicitly articulated and implemented transdisciplinary approach, with social science insights about framing and agenda setting as a starting point.

Grant, M, Soeters, S, Bunthoeun, IV & Willetts, J 2019, 'Rural Piped-Water Enterprises in Cambodia: A Pathway to Women’s Empowerment?', Water, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 2541-2541.
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This research examined the extent to which women’s ownership and management of water supply schemes led to their empowerment, including their economic empowerment, in rural Cambodia. Privately managed water supply schemes in rural Cambodia serve over one million people. This study is the first of its kind to systematically investigate the experiences and needs of female water supply scheme owners, using well-established theoretical frameworks for women’s empowerment, namely Longwe’s stages of empowerment, and Rowlands, VeneKlasen and Miller’s elaboration on different types of power. Business management frameworks relevant to the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector were also drawn on to assess operational constraints and enablers. Fifteen structured interviews were conducted with female water entrepreneurs in rural Cambodia. Female entrepreneurs reported encountering four key barriers to establishing and managing water supply schemes. The first were operational, and government and regulatory related issues, followed by financial issues and limited demand for water services. Three important enablers were reported by entrepreneurs: social enablers, economic enablers and program support from government, associations and non-government organisations (NGOs). This study found that, whilst there was evidence of empowerment reported by female water enterprise owners, the complexity of the ongoing empowerment process, challenges and limitations were also observed. Women’s empowerment can be advanced through leadership of, and involvement in water enterprises, as evidenced by this study, however, gender norms constrained women, especially with respect to mobility (leaving the home for extended periods), and household and family duties impacting on income-generating work or vice versa. As such, targeted strategies are needed by a range of actors to address such constraints. The findings of this study can assist NGOs, donors and governments incentivi...

Harnett, J, Gan, W, Smith, L, McIntyre, E & Steel, A 2019, 'The prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, expenditure and predictors of complementary medicine use in Australian adults living with gastrointestinal disorders', Advances in Integrative Medicine, vol. 6, pp. S22-S22.
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Huang, L, Kelly, S, Lu, X, Lv, K, Shi, X & Giurco, D 2019, 'Carbon Communities and Hotspots for Carbon Emissions Reduction in China', Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 19, pp. 5508-5508.
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With China’s commitment to peak its emissions by 2030, sectoral emissions are under the spotlight due to the rolling out of the national emission trading scheme (ETS). However, the current sector policies focus either on the production side or consumption while the majority of sectors along the transmission were overlooked. This research combines input–output modelling and network analysis to track the embodied carbon emissions among thirty sectors of thirty provinces in China. Based on the large-data resolution network, a two-step network reduction algorithm is used to extract the backbone of the network. In addition, network centrality metrics and community detection algorithms are used to assess each individual sector’s roles, and to reveal the carbon communities where sectors have intensive emission links. The research results suggest that the sectors with high out-degree, in-degree or betweenness can act as leverage points for carbon emissions mitigation. In addition to the electricity sector, which is included in the national ETS, the study also found that the metallurgy and construction sectors should be prioritized for emissions reduction from national and local levels. However, the hotpots are different across provinces and thus provincial specific targeted policies should be formed. Moreover, there are nineteen carbon communities in China with different features, which provides direction for provincial governments’ external collaboration for synergistic effects.

Huang, L, Kelly, S, Lv, K & Giurco, D 2019, 'A systematic review of empirical methods for modelling sectoral carbon emissions in China', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 215, pp. 1382-1401.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd A number of empirical methods have been developed to study China's sectoral carbon emissions (CSCE). Measuring these emissions is important for climate change mitigation. While several articles have reviewed specific methods, few attempts conduct a systematic analysis of all the major research methods. In total 807 papers were published on CSCE research between 1997 and 2017. The primary source of literature for this analysis was taken from the Web of Science database. Based on a bibliometric analysis using knowledge mapping with the software CiteSpace, the review identified five common families of methods: 1) environmentally-extended input-output analysis (EE-IOA), 2) index decomposition analysis (IDA), 3) econometrics, 4) carbon emission control efficiency evaluation and 5) simulation. The research revealed the main trends in each family of methods and has visualized this research into ten research clusters. In addition, the paper provides a direct comparison of all methods. The research results can help scholars quickly identify and compare different methods for addressing specific research questions.

Indarti, N, Rostiani, R, Megaw, T & Willetts, J 2019, 'Women’s involvement in economic opportunities in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Indonesia: Examining personal experiences and potential for empowerment', Development Studies Research, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 76-91.
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© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The involvement of women in economic activity in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in Indonesia is increasing, and yet this is the first study to examine empowerment in this context. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 18 women business owners, mobilizers, and public sector employees in WASH-related activities. The women were observed to have strong social motivations, and only those responsibile for household income expressed economic motivations. Women’s experiences were analyzed against four dimensions of empowerment: ‘power within,’ ‘power to,’ ‘power over,’ and ‘power with.’ Significant evidence of empowerment was found, and in some cases, economic empowerment. Equally, the complexity of the empowerment process as well as challenges, contradictions, and negotiations were observed. Evidence of self-belief and recognition that women had capabilities equal to men was tempered by adherence to gender norms concerning men’s roles in technical matters and decision-making. While some women experienced support from close family relatives, others were limited by household duties, restricted mobility, and limited financial independence. Based on the results, the WASH programs and policies promoting involvement in economic activities need more nuanced consideration of women’s empowerment, and to develop multi-pronged strategies that can support women in negotiating pathways towards greater gender equality.

Jacobs, B, Boronyak, L & Mitchell, P 2019, 'Application of Risk-Based, Adaptive Pathways to Climate Adaptation Planning for Public Conservation Areas in NSW, Australia', Climate, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 58-58.
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Globally, areas of high-quality wildlife habitat of significant environmental value are at risk of permanent damage from climate change. These areas represent social-ecological systems that will require increasing management intervention to maintain their biological and socio-cultural values. Managers of protected areas have begun to recognize the inevitability of ecosystem change and the need to embrace dynamic approaches to intervention. However, significant uncertainty remains about the onset and severity of some impacts, which makes planning difficult. For Indigenous communities, there are intrinsic links between cultural heritage and the conservation of place and biodiversity that need to be better integrated in protected area planning and management. In New South Wales, Australia, management of public conservation reserves and national parks is the responsibility of a State government agency, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). This paper describes the outcomes of a participatory planning process with NPWS staff to, firstly, identify the options available, the available ‘tool kit’, to manage biodiversity and cultural heritage in protected areas; secondly, explore how the selection of management actions from the ‘tool kit’ is associated with the level of climate risk to biodiversity or cultural heritage assets; and thirdly, to understand how the form of individual management actions might adapt to changes in climate risk. Combining these three elements into a series of risk-based, adaptive pathways for conservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage is a novel approach that is currently supporting place-based planning for public conservation areas. Incorporation of the trade-offs and synergies in seeking to effectively manage these discrete but related types of values and the implications for conservation practice are discussed.

Khara, T & Ruby, MB 2019, 'Meat Eating and the Transition from Plant-Based Diets among Urban Indians', M/C Journal, vol. 22, no. 2.
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India has one of the world’s highest proportions of plant-based consumers relative to its total population (Sawe). However, the view that India is a predominantly vegetarian nation is likely inaccurate, as recent findings from the 2014 Indian Census indicate that only three in ten Indians self-identity as vegetarian (Census of India). Other studies similarly estimate the prevalence of vegetarianism to range from about 25% (Mintel Global) to about 40% (Euromonitor International; Statista, “Share”), and many Indians are shifting from strict plant-based diets to more flexible versions of plant-based eating (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). When it comes to meat eating, poultry is the most widely consumed (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Some claim that the changing consumer landscape is also eroding traditional taboos associated with beef and buffalo meat consumption (Kala; Bansal), with many tending to underreport their meat consumption due to religious and cultural stigmas (Bansal).This change in food choices is driven by several factors, such as increasing urbanisation (Devi et al.), rising disposable incomes (Devi et al.; Rukhmini), globalisation, and cross-cultural influences (Majumdar; Sinha). Today, the urban middle-class is one of India’s fastest growing consumer segments (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), and the rise in the consumption of animal products is primarily occurring in urban India (National Sample Survey Office), making this an important market to investigate.From a global perspective, while many Western nations are increasingly adopting plant-based diets (Eswaran), the growth in meat consumption is predicted to mainly come from emerging markets (OECD/FAO) like India. With these points in mind, the purpose of this study was to explore contemporary eating practices in urban India and to understand how social structures, cultures...

Kim, Y, Lee, J & Ahn, J 2019, 'Innovation towards sustainable technologies: A socio-technical perspective on accelerating transition to aviation biofuel', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 145, pp. 317-329.
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© 2019 The global market based measure (MBM) for international flight emissions is poised for launch in 2020, creating additional pressure for improvements of aviation environmental performance. Due to high R&D costs and long lifecycle of aircrafts, drop-in biofuels stand as a promising solution for addressing aviation's environmental sustainability. The transition to commercial aviation biofuels remains stagnant, however, despite the continuing progress made in overcoming technological and economic challenges of aviation biofuels. This paper investigates the key barriers and opportunities for biofuels transition from a comprehensive socio-technical standpoint. A multi-level perspective (MLP) system dynamics model of aviation biofuel industry is developed to investigate the adoption process. We assess the interactive mechanisms between existing regimes, landscape pressures, and niche innovations, and propose four possible scenarios of aviation biofuel adoption. From this, we provide policy recommendations and industry level strategies for accelerating the transition to aviation biofuels that balance environmental sustainability and economic benefits.

Klettner, A, Kelly, S, Edwards, M & Brown, P 2019, 'Australia's sustainable finance agenda: Implications for corporate governance', Governance Directions, vol. 71, no. 10.

Kohlitz, J, Chong, J & Willetts, J 2019, 'Analysing the capacity to respond to climate change: a framework for community-managed water services', Climate and Development, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 775-785.
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© 2018, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework for guiding interdisciplinary research on analysing the capacity of community-managed water services to respond to disturbances from climate change. Climate change poses a serious threat to the sustainable delivery of community-managed water services in developing countries. We synthesized key concepts from the latest research on vulnerability and resilience theories into a shared framework that functions as a heuristic for the analysis of different elements of the capacity to respond to climate disturbances and how they are related to community-managed water services. Primary elements of the framework include conceptualisations of the capacities to respond to specific hazards (e.g. through risk management and knowledge of thresholds) and to disturbances in general (e.g. through agency, social structure, and adaptive management practices), the potential for capacity to be differentiated across scales, and the social and biophysical system characteristics that influence capacity to respond to climate change. We describe how each these elements relate to sustaining community-managed water services against climate change throughout the paper. We also discuss subjective choices (temporal frame, system boundaries, scale of inquiry, and desired forms of capacity) that analysts must make when considering how capacity to respond to climate change is analysed.

Leech, B, Sibbritt, D, Steel, A & McIntyre, E 2019, 'Risk factors associated with intestinal permeability in an adult population: A systematic review', Advances in Integrative Medicine, vol. 6, pp. S90-S90.
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Lv, K, Feng, X, Kelly, S, Zhu, L & Deng, M 2019, 'A study on embodied carbon transfer at the provincial level of China from a social network perspective', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 225, pp. 1089-1104.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This paper incorporates the multiregional input-output (MRIO) and social network analysis (SNA) methods to investigate China's embodied carbon transfer across provinces. We estimate the amount of interprovincial embodied carbon transfer from 2002 to 2012, analyse the spatial correlation network structure of carbon transfer and its determinants. Our work can clarify the spatial distribution and different roles of provinces in the carbon transfer network. The empirical results show the spatio-temporal evolution of embodied carbon transfer; in 2002, embodied carbon transfer occurred from the energy-rich northern provinces to the developed eastern and central provinces, but in 2012, it transferred to developing southwestern and southern provinces. Moreover, the northwestern provinces act as “bridges” between the central and eastern provinces; eastern provinces play a “bidirectional spillover” role that transfers carbon internally and externally. The embodied carbon transfer network proposed here can help policy makers further clarify individual provinces’ carbon emissions reduction responsibilities and curb national carbon emissions.

Macintosh, KA, Chin, J, Jacobs, B, Cordell, D, McDowell, RW, Butler, P, Haygarth, PM, Williams, P, Quinn, JP, O'Flaherty, V & McGrath, JW 2019, 'Transforming phosphorus use on the island of Ireland: A model for a sustainable system', Science of The Total Environment, vol. 656, pp. 852-861.
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© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Phosphorus is an essential part of the world food web and a non-substitutable nutrient in all biological systems. Losses of phosphorus occur along the food-supply chain and cause environmental degradation and eutrophication. A key global challenge is to meet rising worldwide food demand while protecting water and environmental quality, and seeking to manage uncertainty around potential future phosphorus price or supply shocks. This paper presents a stakeholder-generated conceptual model of potential transformative change for implementing phosphorus sustainability on the island of Ireland via an ‘All-Island Phosphorus Sustainability’ workshop. Key transition pathways identified by stakeholders included: incentivising phosphorus recovery, developing collaborative networks to facilitate change, developing markets and value chains for recovered products; implementing data-informed practices on-farm to prevent losses and increase efficiencies, and harmonisation of technologies with end-user needs. A comparable model was previously produced for the North American region. We describe consensus and differences around key priorities between the two regions’ conceptual models, and assess how the model produced for the island of Ireland can effect system-wide change and policy moving forward. Many of the transitional pathways and future aspirations presented in both models resonate globally and are highly pertinent to other jurisdictions.

Madden, B, Florin, N, Mohr, S & Giurco, D 2019, 'Using the waste Kuznet's curve to explore regional variation in the decoupling of waste generation and socioeconomic indicators', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 149, pp. 674-686.
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© 2019 Decoupling of resource consumption from economic growth is a key principle in the transition towards a circular economy. This study explores regional variation in the decoupling of waste generation from mean income in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), following the Waste Kuznet's curve (WKC) hypothesis. The WKC hypothesis tests for the existence of a relationship between waste and economic indicators conforming to an inverted-U shape that may indicate decoupling. A geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) model is used to test the WKC hypothesis for municipal waste from 2011 to 2015. We identify municipalities conforming to the WKC hypothesis, and examine the socioeconomic and urban morphological characteristics of these municipalities. Results show that waste policy must be targeted to consider local variability in socioeconomics. Municipalities across rural NSW were found to conform to the WKC over the time frame. WKC-conforming municipalities had higher per-capita rates of waste generation, and lower mean incomes compared to non-conforming municipalities. Ratios of tipping point (global maximum) to mean income for WKC conforming municipalities were estimated between 0.8 and 2, indicating that these municipalities are in stages of relative, rather than absolute, decoupling. This study demonstrates the application of the WKC for examining decoupling, and highlights the importance of considering variations in regional characteristics when assessing the decoupling of waste generation from income. Findings also broadly suggest regionally specific policy making is required for circular economy transitions in NSW.

Megaw, T 2019, 'Contradictory outcomes of development technologies on women weavers’ livelihoods in eastern Indonesia', Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 1039-1047.
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In Central Manggarai region of Flores, Indonesia, a policy of spatial clustering was introduced with the goal of enhancing productivity of the traditional weaving sector. This involved the installation of new weaving loom technology and skills training for weavers. This study of the subjectivities of women weavers and their perceptions of technological upgrading processes examines how policies designed without the participation of the people they aim to support can prompt adverse, contradictory outcomes.

Moghaddas-Tafreshi, SM, Jafari, M, Mohseni, S & Kelly, S 2019, 'Optimal operation of an energy hub considering the uncertainty associated with the power consumption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles using information gap decision theory', International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 112, pp. 92-108.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd An energy hub is a multi-carrier energy system that is capable of coupling various energy networks. It increases the flexibility of energy management and creates opportunities to increase the efficiency and reliability of energy systems. When plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)are incorporated into the energy hub, batteries can act as an aggregated storage system, increasing the potential integration of variable renewable energy sources (RES)into power system networks. This paper presents a new model for the optimal operation of an energy hub that includes RES, PHEVs, fuel cell vehicles, a fuel cell, an electrolyzer, a hydrogen tank, a boiler, an inverter, a rectifier, and a heat storage system. A novel model is developed to estimate the uncertainty associated with the power consumption of PHEVs during trips using information gap decision theory (IGDT)under risk-averse and risk-seeking strategies. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method maximizes the objective function under the risk-neutral and risk-averse strategies, while minimizing the objective function under the risk-seeking strategy. Results from the modeling show that considering the uncertainty associated with the power consumption of PHEVs using IGDT enables the energy hub operator to make appropriate decisions when optimizing the operation of the energy hub against possible changes in power consumption of PHEVs.

Moghaddas-Tafreshi, SM, Mohseni, S, Karami, ME & Kelly, S 2019, 'Optimal energy management of a grid-connected multiple energy carrier micro-grid', Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 152, pp. 796-806.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents a novel modeling approach to optimize the electrical and thermal energy management of a multiple energy carrier micro-grid with the aim of minimizing the operation cost such that system constraints are satisfied. The proposed micro-grid includes a micro-turbine, a fuel cell, a rubbish burning power plant, a wind turbine generator system, a boiler, an anaerobic reactor-reformer system, an inverter, a rectifier, and some energy storage units. The model uses day-ahead forecasting (24 h) to estimate the electrical and thermal loads on a micro-grid network. A day-ahead forecast is also used to estimate electricity generation from wind turbines. Due to the uncertainty associated with day-ahead forecasts, a Monte Carlo simulation is used to estimate thermal loads, electrical loads, and wind power generation. Also, a real-time pricing demand response program is used to shift non-vital loads. The operating cost of the micro-grid is minimized through the particle swarm optimization algorithm. The simulation results demonstrate the proposed modeling framework is superior over conventional centralized optimal scheduling models widely used in the literature in terms of reducing operating cost and computational complexity. In addition, the results obtained by applying the proposed modeling framework are analyzed and validated through scenario testing.

Moon, K, Blackman, DA, Adams, VM, Colvin, RM, Davila, F, Evans, MC, Januchowski‐Hartley, SR, Bennett, NJ, Dickinson, H, Sandbrook, C, Sherren, K, St. John, FAV, van Kerkhoff, L & Wyborn, C 2019, 'Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology, and methods', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 294-302.
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AbstractThe Special Feature led by Sutherland, Dicks, Everard, and Geneletti (Methods Ecology and Evolution, 9, 7–9, 2018) sought to highlight the importance of “qualitative methods” for conservation. The intention is welcome, and the collection makes many important contributions. Yet, the articles presented a limited perspective on the field, with a focus on objectivist and instrumental methods, omitting discussion of some broader philosophical and methodological considerations crucial to social science research. Consequently, the Special Feature risks narrowing the scope of social science research and, potentially, reducing its quality and usefulness. In this article, we seek to build on the strengths of the articles of the Special Feature by drawing in a discussion on social science research philosophy, methodology, and methods.We start with a brief discussion on the value of thinking about data as being qualitative (i.e., text, image, or numeric) or quantitative (i.e., numeric), not methods or research. Thinking about methods as qualitative can obscure many important aspects of research design by implying that “qualitative methods” somehow embody a particular set of assumptions or principles. Researchers can bring similar, or very different, sets of assumptions to their research design, irrespective of whether they collect qualitative or quantitative data.We clarify broad concepts, including philosophy, methodology, and methods, explaining their role in social science research design. Doing so provides us with an opportunity to examine some of the terms used across the articles of the Special Feature (e.g., bias), revealing that they are used in ways that could be interpr...

Nanda, M, Cordell, D & Kansal, A 2019, 'Assessing national vulnerability to phosphorus scarcity to build food system resilience: The case of India', Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 240, pp. 511-517.
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Nansai, K, Kondo, Y, Giurco, D, Sussman, D, Nakajima, K, Kagawa, S, Takayanagi, W, Shigetomi, Y & Tohno, S 2019, 'Nexus between economy-wide metal inputs and the deterioration of sustainable development goals', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 149, pp. 12-19.
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© 2019 The Author(s) This study investigates, at the country level, the adverse effects of changes in metal inputs on the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). It also highlights the relationships between metals use and various socio-economic consequences that urgently require decoupling in order to achieve the SDGs. We performed panel data analysis to evaluate, on a national scale and over a ten-year period (2004–2013), the impact of changes in the material flows of 11 metals on 96 SDG indicators corresponding to the 17 SDGs defined by the UN. On average, an increase in the material flow of the targeted metals was found to be correlated with a deterioration in approximately 10% of the 96 indicators. Among the affected SDGs, the adverse impact of metals on SDG 3 (Health), SDG 8 (Economic Growth), and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions)was particularly noteworthy. More SDGs were negatively impacted in metal-mining countries than in metal-importing countries.

Northey, SA, Madrid López, C, Haque, N, Mudd, GM & Yellishetty, M 2019, 'Corrigendum to “Production weighted water use impact characterisation factors for the global mining industry” [J. Clean. Prod. 184 (2018) 788–797]', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 224, pp. 1004-1004.
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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Cristina Madrid-Lopez has received funding from the Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Program under grant agreement No 623593-IANEX. This information was not included in the acknowledgements. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Northey, SA, Mudd, GM, Werner, TT, Haque, N & Yellishetty, M 2019, 'Sustainable water management and improved corporate reporting in mining', Water Resources and Industry, vol. 21, pp. 100104-100104.
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© 2018 The Authors. The advent of corporate sustainability reporting and water accounting standards has resulted in increased disclosure of water use by mining companies. However, there has been limited compilation and analysis of these disclosures. To address this, we compiled a database of 8314 data points from 359 mining company reports, classified according to mining industry water accounting guidelines. The quality of disclosures is shown to have improved considerably over time. Although, opportunities still exist to improve reporting practices, such as by ensuring that all relevant water flows are reported and to explicitly state non-existent flows (e.g. discharges). Initial data analysis reveals considerable variability in water withdrawals, use efficiency and discharges between mining operations. Further work to improve industry coverage and to analyse the influence of mine specific factors such as ore processing methods and local climate will provide insights into the interactions of mining and water resources at a global scale.

Paul, R, Kenway, S & Mukheibir, P 2019, 'How scale and technology influence the energy intensity of water recycling systems-An analytical review', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 215, pp. 1457-1480.
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Many cities are moving towards increased use of recycled water to meet water demand due to freshwater scarcity, population growth, urbanisation and climate change. Water recycling requires substantial energy. Water utilities are facing serious challenges providing cost-effective and reliable water services under rising energy cost. Energy is further linked with global climate change through carbon intensive Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions. However, few studies have attempted to understand the energy use of water recycling systems and how energy intensity of those systems varies with scale and technology. In this paper, we undertook a comprehensive and systematic literature and data review to understand the energy intensity of water recycling systems. We used four “cases”: (1) Centralised Potable (2) Centralised Non-Potable, (3) Decentralised Potable and (4) Decentralised Non-Potable systems to structure our work. Our analysis demonstrates how energy intensity of water recycling systems decreases with increasing size for a wide range of scale and for different treatment technologies. The treatment energy intensity for centralised systems having capacity less than 5 MLD varies from 0.48 to 2.0 kWh/kL for non-potable and 0.75 to 2.0 kWh/k for potable; for capacities between 5 and 200 MLD varies from 0.2 to 0.9 kWh/kL for potable and from 0.25 to 0.75 kWh/kL for non-potable; and for any capacity greater than 200 MLD, the treatment energy intensity is less than 0.8 kWh/kL for potable and 0.55 kWh/kL for non-potable systems. But current centralised water recycling systems have a treatment energy intensity from 0.65 to 1.4 kWh/kL for Potable for capacity from 21 to 378 MLD and from 0.6 to 1.0 kWh/kL for non-potable systems for 6 to 350 MLD. In the case of decentralised systems, smaller systems consume higher energy than centralised systems but larger decentralised Systems (mid-size) have lower energy intensity. Though the treatment energy...

Paul, R, Kenway, S, McIntosh, B & Mukheibir, P 2019, 'Corrigendum to: Paul et al. (2018). Urban metabolism of Bangalore City: A water mass balance analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology 22(6): 1413–1424', Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 998-1000.
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Pohl, C, Fam, D, Hoffman, S & Mitchell, C 2019, 'Exploring Julie Thompson Klein's Framework for Analysis of Boundary Work', Interdisciplinary Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 62-90.
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Julie Thompson Klein’s contributions to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research have enriched the way collaboration is discussedand handled by introducing concepts of boundary work and boundarycrossing from the field of Science and Technology Studies. In recent years,she has been integrating those concepts into crossdisciplinarity, an effort culminating in the development of a framework for a forthcoming book (Beyond Interdisciplinarity: Boundary Work, Collaboration, and Communication in the 21st Century). With her permission, we have used an earlier version of her framework to analyze boundary work and boundary crossing in transdisciplinary sustainable water management projects in Australia and Switzerland. The aim of using the framework has been twofold: to explore and assess the heuristic value of the framework, i.e. how it improves our conceptualization of boundary work in the two projects, and to examine the framework itself, i.e. whether some of the seven concepts involved are hard to work with or should be further developed.

Pradinaud, C, Northey, S, Amor, B, Bare, J, Benini, L, Berger, M, Boulay, A-M, Junqua, G, Lathuillière, MJ, Margni, M, Motoshita, M, Niblick, B, Payen, S, Pfister, S, Quinteiro, P, Sonderegger, T & Rosenbaum, RK 2019, 'Defining freshwater as a natural resource: a framework linking water use to the area of protection natural resources', The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 960-974.
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© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: While many examples have shown unsustainable use of freshwater resources, existing LCIA methods for water use do not comprehensively address impacts to natural resources for future generations. This framework aims to (1) define freshwater resource as an item to protect within the Area of Protection (AoP) natural resources, (2) identify relevant impact pathways affecting freshwater resources, and (3) outline methodological choices for impact characterization model development. Methods: Considering the current scope of the AoP natural resources, the complex nature of freshwater resources and its important dimensions to safeguard safe future supply, a definition of freshwater resource is proposed, including water quality aspects. In order to clearly define what is to be protected, the freshwater resource is put in perspective through the lens of the three main safeguard subjects defined by Dewulf et al. (2015). In addition, an extensive literature review identifies a wide range of possible impact pathways to freshwater resources, establishing the link between different inventory elementary flows (water consumption, emissions, and land use) and their potential to cause long-term freshwater depletion or degradation. Results and discussion: Freshwater as a resource has a particular status in LCA resource assessment. First, it exists in the form of three types of resources: flow, fund, or stock. Then, in addition to being a resource for human economic activities (e.g., hydropower), it is above all a non-substitutable support for life that can be affected by both consumption (source function) and pollution (sink function). Therefore, both types of elementary flows (water consumption and emissions) should be linked to a damage indicator for freshwater as a resource. Land use is also identified as a potential stressor to freshwater resources by altering runoff, infiltration, and erosion proce...

Prior, JH, Gorman‐Murray, A, McIntyre, E, Connon, I, Adams, J & Madden, B 2019, 'A geography of residents' worry about the disruptive effects of contaminated sites', Geographical Research, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 52-66.
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AbstractWhile the links between contaminated sites and adverse effects on human health and well‐being are being increasingly recognised, some argue that the magnitude of the health problem is inadequately addressed because it is largely invisible. Health geographies literature has sought to highlight this invisibility by focusing on the link between contaminated sites and health. This study adds to health geographies by presenting unique insights into the geography of residents' worry about the disruptive effect of environmental contamination on health and well‐being. It analyses a sample of residents (n = 485) living near 13 contaminated sites across Australia. Ordinal logistic regression analysis of closed‐format survey questions was combined with coding of open‐ended survey questions to reveal the geography of residents' worry about contamination from nearby sites. First, the study explores some of the main relationships between residents, their environs, and contaminants from nearby source sites, which determines their levels of worry: residents' demographics, residents' proximity to sites, contaminant boundaries and borders, and type of contaminant. Second, the study investigates how worry affects residents' health and well‐being, ranging from effects on their personal functioning through to their sense of ontological security, which depends in part upon their perceptions of contaminants' impacts. Despite having identified a range of diverse and negative effects of worry about contamination on residents, we found that worry for contamination can also prompt coping strategies and problem‐solving, reinforcing the need for more research on this subject.

Randall, L, Derkenne, D, Lokuge, C, Tawona, N, Hillis, P, Taylor, G, Brauer, D & Mukheibir, P 2019, 'Realising the economic value of renewable energy from biosolids', Water e-Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1-13.
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Reitzel, K, Bennett, WW, Berger, N, Brownlie, WJ, Bruun, S, Christensen, ML, Cordell, D, van Dijk, K, Egemose, S, Eigner, H, Glud, RN, Grönfors, O, Hermann, L, Houot, S, Hupfer, M, Jacobs, B, Korving, L, Kjærgaard, C, Liimatainen, H, Van Loosdrecht, MCM, Macintosh, KA, Magid, J, Maia, F, Martin-Ortega, J, McGrath, J, Meulepas, R, Murry, M, Neset, T-S, Neumann, G, Nielsen, UG, Nielsen, PH, O’Flaherty, V, Qu, H, Santner, J, Seufert, V, Spears, B, Stringer, LC, Stutter, M, Verburg, PH, Wilfert, P, Williams, PN & Metson, GS 2019, 'New Training to Meet the Global Phosphorus Challenge', Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 53, no. 15, pp. 8479-8481.
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Retamal, M 2019, 'Collaborative consumption practices in Southeast Asian cities: Prospects for growth and sustainability', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 222, pp. 143-152.
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Riedy, C, Kent, J & Thompson, N 2019, 'Meaning work: reworking institutional meanings for environmental governance', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 151-171.
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© 2018, © 2018 Newcastle University. Effective environmental governance requires institutional change. While some actors work to change institutions, others resist change by defending and maintaining institutions. Much of this institutional work is ‘meaning work’, which we define as the practice of crafting, adapting, connecting and performing meanings to purposively create, maintain or disrupt institutions. This paper constructs a concept of meaning work that highlights agency in carrying meanings across scales and between discursive layers, while noting the structuring role of prevailing discourses. It grounds the concept using two environmental governance cases at very different scales: a local democratic innovation employed by Noosa Council in Queensland, Australia; and the international campaign to divest from fossil fuels. The cases demonstrate the diversity of meaning work and the difficulty of achieving deep discursive change. They point to the need for environmental governance practitioners to rework existing meanings to construct compelling stories for change, taking advantage of narrative openings.

Riedy, C, Wynne, L, McKenna, K & Daly, M 2019, '“It’s a Great Idea for Other People”: Cohousing as a Housing Option for Older Australians', Urban Policy and Research, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 227-242.
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© 2018, © 2018 Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research. Older Australians face housing challenges including supply, accessibility, affordability, security of tenure and isolation. This article examines the potential for cohousing to address these challenges. In interviews, professionals indicated that cohousing promises benefits for older people, but identified financial and planning barriers. In contrast, focus groups with older people found significant resistance to the concept of shared living; many participants did not see value in cohousing. Resistance stemmed from negative associations with cohousing and cultural lack of familiarity with shared living arrangements. Cohousing has an image problem in Australia that needs to be overcome if it is to thrive.

Watari, T, McLellan, BC, Giurco, D, Dominish, E, Yamasue, E & Nansai, K 2019, 'Total material requirement for the global energy transition to 2050: A focus on transport and electricity', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 148, pp. 91-103.
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© 2019 The Author(s) Global energy transitions could fundamentally change flows of both minerals and energy resources over time. It is, therefore, increasingly important to holistically and dynamically capture the impacts of large-scale energy transitions on resource flows including hidden flows such as mine waste, as well as direct flows. Here we demonstrate a systematic model that can quantify resource flows of both minerals and energy resources under the energy transition by using stock-flow dynamics and the concept of Total Material Requirement (TMR). The proposed model was applied to the International Energy Agency's scenarios up to 2050, targeting 15 electricity generation and 5 transport technologies. Results indicate that the global energy transition could increase TMR flows associated with mineral production by around 200–900% in the electricity sector and 350–700% in the transport sector respectively from 2015 to 2050, depending on the scenarios. Such a drastic increase in TMR flows is largely associated with an increased demand for copper, silver, nickel, lithium and cobalt, as well as steel. Our results highlight that the decarbonization of the electricity sector can reduce energy resource flows and support the hypothesis that the expansion of low-carbon technologies could reduce total resource flows expressed as TMR. In the transport sector, on the other hand, the dissemination of Electric Vehicles could cause a sharp increase in TMR flows associated with mineral production, which could offset a decrease in energy resource flows. Findings in this study emphasize that a sustainable transition would be unachievable without designing resource cycles with a nexus approach.

Watari, T, Nansai, K, Nakajima, K, McLellan, BC, Dominish, E & Giurco, D 2019, 'Integrating Circular Economy Strategies with Low-Carbon Scenarios: Lithium Use in Electric Vehicles', Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 53, no. 20, pp. 11657-11665.
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Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Electrification of the transport sector will support its decarbonization, yet significantly change material requirements. This calls for an integrated modeling approach internalizing metal demand-supply dynamics in low-carbon scenarios to support the Paris agreement on climate change and sustainable material circulation. Here we develop a step toward the integrated simulation of energy-materials scenarios by unifying a stock-flow dynamics model for low-carbon scenarios using linear programming. The modeling framework incorporates lithium supply from both mines and end-of-life (EoL) recycling for projected use in electric vehicles on a global basis. The results show that supply constraints, which could become apparent from around 2030 in the case of current recycling rates (<1%), would impede the deployment of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), leading to the generation of an additional 300 Mt-CO2 of emissions for vehicle operation in 2050. Another important finding is that increasing the recycling rate to 80% could substantially relieve restrictions on the introduction of BEVs without requiring primary supply from natural deposits far beyond historical rates of expansion. While EoL recycling is important from a long-term perspective, an EoL-oriented strategy has little effect on the short/medium-term (such as to 2030) lithium demand-supply balance because of exponential demand growth and long living batteries. Importantly, findings in this study emphasize the necessity of tackling climate change and resource circulation in an integrated manner.

Yellishetty, M, Muñoz, MA & Northey, SA 2019, 'Toward a Dynamic Evaluation of Mineral Criticality: Introducing the Framework of Criticality Systems', Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1264-1277.
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© 2019 by Yale University A new methodology to quantify minerals’ criticalities is proposed—the criticality systems of minerals. In this methodology, four types of agents—mineral suppliers, consumers, regulators of the market, and others, such as the communities near mining operations—interact with each other through three types of indicators: constraints, such as the political stability in the mining regions, the mineral's substitutability and economic importance; agents’ interactions, such as buyer–seller bargaining; and interactive variables, such as the demand, supply, and price. When the criticality systems of two mineral groups are constructed, analyses that compare the indicators of these criticality systems can determine which group is more critical than the other. This methodology allows evaluation of criticality in a dynamic and systemic manner.

Alexander, D & Wyndham, J 1970, 'Harnessing voltage regulation services behind the meter: challenges to deployment', Oxford University, United Kingdom.

Chowdhury, TJ, Arbon, P, Steenkamp, M, Kako, M & Gebbie, K 1970, 'Exploring Health Challenges of South Asian Women at the Evacuation Centers after Disasters.', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, WADEM 2019, Cambridge University Press, Brisbane.

Connon, I, Prior, J, Kent, JL & Goh, L 1970, 'What Types of Evidence are Available for Translating Health Evidence into Planning Strategies for Higher Density Living? A Review of the Literature', http://www.soac2019.com.au/, State of Australian Cities Conference 2019, Australian National Cities Conference, Perth, Australia.
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Despite abundant knowledge and research highlighting the significance of urban planning for improving health outcomes, there remains an absence of understanding of how health evidence can be translated into planning policy and practice, particularly for higher density urban development. This paper presents the findings of combined systematic and narrative review of academic literature pertaining to urban planning for higher density living. The study examined: 1) What types of health-related evidence have been translated into current planning strategies; 2) What types of health-related evidence have been used to critique existing planning strategies; and 3) What types of health evidence are proposed for translation into planning policy and practice? The findings reveal that while health evidence is regularly used to critique existing planning strategies, it is rarely applied to the practice of planning and constructing higher density developments. This indicates there is a need to improve integration of health evidence within the planning stages of higher density development. Our review also exposes an extensive range of suggestions for embedding health evidence in future planning strategies to improve human and environmental health outcomes in higher density environments. We conclude that targeted transdisciplinary research is required to apply, test, and evaluate the implementation of health evidence within specific local higher density contexts. This is essential for ensuring that urban planning strategies can successfully enhance the health and wellbeing of the growing population predicted to be living in higher density urban environments in the future.

Connon, I, Prior, J, McIntyre, E, Adams, J & Madden, B 1970, ''How living with a disability affects responses to groundwater contamination in former brownfield sites in Australia Lessons for policy and practice ' presented at the Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society 2019 conference', Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society 2019 Conference: Global Climate Challenges for a Blue Green Economy: scientific evidence; its relevance; societal solutions., Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Grant, M & Willetts, J 1970, 'Women’s empowerment in WASH economic activity', IWA Congress, Sri Lanka, IWA Congress, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka.
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The study examined the extent to which women’s involvement in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector businesses led to their empowerment in Cambodia and Indonesia. This qualitative study was the first of its kind to systematically investigated the experiences and needs of female WASH entrepreneurs with reference to women’s empowerment frameworks. This research presents examples of The findings provide evidence of gender equality outcomes and as well as revealing the inherent complexity of empowerment processes, which include challenges and negotiation as societal norms are questioned and evolve experiences by individuals involved in WASH markets, and the implications of these for improving WASH programming. A range of evidence-based recommendations are provided for governments, NGOs and donors to support women working in WASH enterprises to improve related programming were developed from this study.

Grant, M & Willetts, J 1970, 'Women’s empowerment in WASH economic activity - Research findings from Indonesia and Cambodia', UNC Water for Health Conference, North Carolina.

Grant, M, Carrard, N, Madden, B, Foster, T, Ly, H, Ngiem, T, Dinh, DV, Davis, G & Willetts, J 1970, 'Private service provision in Viet Nam: investigating key sustainability and equity considerations', IWA Small Water and Wastewater Systems Conference, Perth.

Guerrero, J, Chapman, AC & Verbic, G 1970, 'Local Energy Markets in LV Networks: Community Based and Decentralized P2P Approaches', 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, 2019 IEEE Milan PowerTech, IEEE.
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Guerrero, J, Chapman, AC & Verbic, G 1970, 'Trading Arrangements and Cost Allocation in P2P Energy Markets on Low-Voltage Networks', 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), IEEE, pp. 1-5.
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The paper analyses different trading arrangements in the context of peer-to-peer (P2P) trading. Building on our previous work presented in [1], we use a sensitivity analysis to estimate the impact of each P2P transaction in the network to determine the attribution of costs related to power losses and utilization of the network. We take a closer look at three network partitions which might be imposed by the distribution system operator (DSO) to minimize transaction costs as well as to offer alternative trading options for end-users. We present a case study of P2P energy trading under network constraints using a UK distribution network to compare the different aspects of each trading arrangement and to evaluate the proposed mechanism. We show that even in the case where transaction costs are comparatively higher due to larger electrical distances between trading partners, the users might still be better off because they can trade more power.

Ibrahim, IA, Hossain, MJ, Duck, BC & Badar, AQH 1970, 'Parameters Extraction of a Photovoltaic Cell Model Using a Co-evolutionary Heterogeneous Hybrid Algorithm', 2019 20th International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP), 2019 20th International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP), IEEE, New Delhi, India, pp. 1-6.
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© 2019 IEEE. This paper proposes a new hybrid algorithm with a combination between the wind driven optimization (WDO) algorithm and the differential evolution with integrated mutation per iteration (DEIM) algorithm. The proposed algorithm, a wind driven optimization based on differential evolution with integrated mutation per iteration (WDO-based on DEIM) algorithm, is utilized to extract the unknown parameters in both of a single-diode photovoltaic (PV) cell model and a double-diode PV cell model. To show the effectiveness of the proposed model, its performance is validated internally by comparing the generated current-voltage (I-V) characteristic curves by the proposed algorithm with the actual I-V characteristic curves, and externally with those obtained by the WDO and DEIM algorithms. The results show the superiority of the proposed model. According to the normalized-root-mean-square error (nRMSE), the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and the coefficient of determination (R^{2}) of the achieved results, the proposed WDO-based on DEIM algorithm outperforms the aforementioned algorithms. Finally, the average efficiency of the WDO-based on DEIM algorithm is 95.31%, while it is 81.08% for the WDO algorithm and 88.37% for DEIM algorithm in the single-diode PV cell model. While, it is 96.78% based on WDO-based on DEIM algorithm and it is 92.30% for the WDO algorithm and 91.42% for DEIM algorithm in the double-diode PV cell model.

MacArthur, J, Carrard, N & Willetts, J 1970, 'From theory to practice in gender evaluation: A systematic review of approaches in international development', Australian Evaluation Society International Conference, Sydney, Australia.

MacArthur, J, Carrard, N & Willetts, J 1970, 'Strengthening evidence of gender outcomes in WASH: A review of methodologies for gender evaluation', University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Mcintyre, E & Vilcins, MD 1970, 'Managing the challenges and opportunities of planetary health: Critical considerations for traditional, complementary and integrative medicine', Advances in Integrative Medicine, Elsevier BV, pp. S32-S32.
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Mukheibir, P 1970, 'Silos to systems - Taking a circular economy approach to service provision', 16th Specialised Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems, International Water Association, Perth.

Northey, S, Sonter, L & Giurco, D 1970, 'Linking long-term material demand scenarios to regional land use change for mining: a framework to explore future impacts of mineral development on terrestrial biodiversity and water resources', Institute of Australian Geographers & New Zealand Geographical Society Combined Conference, Virtual.

Rahim, MS, Anh Nguyen, K, Stewart, RA, Giurco, D & Blumenstein, M 1970, 'Predicting Household Water Consumption Events: Towards a Personalised Recommender System to Encourage Water-conscious Behaviour', 2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), IEEE, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1-8.
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© 2019 IEEE. Recommender systems assist customers to make decisions; however, the modest adoption of digital technology in the water industry means no such system exists for household water users. Such a system for the water industry would suggest to consumers the most effective ways to conserve water based on their historical data from smart water meters. The advantage for water utilities in metropolitan areas is in managing demand, such as low pressure during peak hours or water shortages during drought. For customers, effective recommendations could save them money. This paper presents a novel vision of a recommender system prototype and discusses the benefits both for the consumers and the water utility companies. The success of this type of system would depend on the ability to anticipate the time of the next major water use so as to make useful, timely recommendations. Hence, the prototype is based on a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network that predicts significant water consumption events (i.e., showers, baths, irrigation, etc.) for 83 households. The preliminary results show that LSTM is a useful method of prediction with an average root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.403. The analysis also provides indications of the scope of further research required for developing a commercially successful recommender system.

Riedy, C 1970, 'Finding Transformative Narratives: Exploring our common ground', Transformations2019, Santiago, Chile.

Riedy, C 1970, 'Libraries as transformative hubs', Public Libraries South Australia Conference 2019, Adelaide, South Australia.

Riedy, C 1970, 'Transformation at the Crossroads: Creating spaces for transformations in research and practice', Transformations2019, Santiago, Chile.

Riedy, C, waddock, S, o'brien, K & carmen, E 1970, 'Transformative narratives: Memes, stories and their role in transformations', Transformations2019, Santiago, Chile.

Talwar, S 1970, 'Origins and dynamics of industrial symbiosis networks in India', DRUID Academy Annual Conference, Aalborg, Denmark.

Watson, R & Fane, S 1970, 'Water efficiency opportunities for mid-sized utilities', 0zWater'19, Australian Water Association, Melbourne, Australia.
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This paper draws on several Water Efficiency strategies recently developed by ISF for mid-size utilities. It describes examples of opportunities being identified by utilities and the approaches applied in analysing the potential for water conservation. In detailing some of the current ‘best practice’ the paper aims to provide pointers for the water industry more generally. This includes both how to identify areas of water conservation potential and in the design of programs to effectively realise savings. The paper also highlights how advances in digital technologies and data analytics can shift thinking around program design and implementation.

Winterford, K, Gero, A, Farooq, D & Phelan, J 1970, 'Front-end loading: The value of formative evaluation in setting program focus: a case study of the Australian Volunteers Program', Australian Evaluation Society, Sydney.

APCO Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney 2019, Australian Packaging Consumption and Resource Recovery Data, Report prepared by Envisage Works, IndustryEdge Randell Environmental Consulting, Sustainable Resource Use and UTS-ISF.

Briggs, C & Prendergast, J Business Renewables Centre - Australia 2019, Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements in Australia: State of the Market 2019, Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Briggs, C, McIntosh, L, Wyndham, J, Morris, T & Alexander, D Australian Renewable Energy Agency 2019, Renewable Energy and Load Management for Industry, Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Briggs, C, Nagrath, K, Mey, F & Wyndham, J Queensland Farmers Federation 2019, Irrigators - the flow on benefits of regionally embedded generation, Energy Consumers Australia.

Connon, I, Prior, J, Kent, JL, Thompson, S, Rissel, C, McIntyre, E, Adams, J, Capon, A, Thomas, L & Westcott, H Landcom 2019, What Evidence is Available to Translate into Planning Strategies for Healthy Higher Density Living?, Sydney, Australia.

Cunningham, R & Jacobs, B UTS 2019, Insight into demand-driven research through synthesis, no. 1, University of Technology Sydney.
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The Adaptive Communities Node (ACN) evolved over the life of the NSW Adaptation Research Hub 2013 – 2018. This report assembles outputs from ACN projects and from research conducted to support the work program of OEH’s Impacts and Adaptation Team into a cohesive set of insights on the process of adaptation research that is demand-driven and situated at the interface of government policy and operations.

Cunningham, R, Jacobs, B, Plant, R & Madden, B UTS 2019, Exploring Social License to Operate and Adaptive Capacity for Hybrid Solar Biomass in NSW, pp. 1-39, UTS.
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This document provides an addendum to the previously accepted report from WorkPackage 1 “Identifying ‘hot-spots’ for siting CSP: biomass plants in NSW.” This willincorporate elements from Work Package 2 (WP2) and findings from modules 2.1.1Literature Review, 2.1.2 Adaptive Capacity Index and 2.1.3 Rural LivelihoodsAnalysis.The document briefly outlines the methods and results from these modules.

Dunbar, R, Benjamin, D, Anderson, K, Tim, J, Wang, J, Mihaylov, B, Lin, L, Ameri, M, Lian, C, Blakborn, I, Fell, C, Noel, D & Wilson, G Internal CSIRO 2019, 2015/ERP017 Specifying Guidelines for Assessing Perovskite Solar Cells, Final Report Milestone 8, Internal CSIRO.

Dwyer, S, Nagrath, K, Wyndham, J & McIntosh, L Lake Macquarie Council 2019, Council-led Business models for EV charging, ISF-UTS.

Dwyer, S, Wyndham, J, Nagrath, K, James, G & McIntosh, L Prepared for ARENA 2019, The Business Case for Behind the Meter Inverter Control for Regulating Voltage, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Gero, A Australian Humanitarian Partnership 2019, Responding for Impact: Lessons and learning from the Australian humanitarian sector, Canberra.

Goldthorpe, S, Qader, A, Goetheer, E, Lalani, K, Cauchois, G, Li, J, Feenstra, M, Mehta, D & de Guzman, R Asian Development Bank 2019, REG: Promoting Carbon Capture and Storage in the People's Republic of China and Indonesia, Manila.

Grant, M, Winfield, D, Harriss, D & Weber, T Australian Water Partnership 2019, River Basin Planning: An Indian Guide, Canberra.
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This User Guide is drawn from materials and experiences on river basin planning globally,it particularly draws on the experience of the Krishna and Godavari River Basins in India, and theAustralian experience in the Murray-Darling Basin. While the Indian and Australian contexts have cleardifferences, there are also many similarities in legal, bio-physical, agricultural and social dependencies, which make the exchange of knowledge and lessons in basin planning beneficial for both. As a result, technical exchanges, knowledge sharing and consultations underpin the development of this Guide.

Handayani, S, Prihatiningtyas, L & Pusaka, S UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy 2019, Indonesia’s transition to a green economy – a stocktaking report, Jakarta.

Jacobs, B, Cunningham, R & Sharpe, S Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney 2019, Adaptive Communities Node Final Report, UTS-ISF.

James, G, Alexander, D, Wyndham, J, McIntosh, L, Nagrath, K & Dwyer, S Institute for Sustainable Futures 2019, Networks Renewed: Project Results and Lessons Learnt, Sydney, Australia.

Jazbec, M, Madden, B & Florin, N AlphaBeta 2019, Recycling and resource recovery infrastructure in Victoria: International and Australian comparison, Toby Brenan, AlphaBeta.

Jazbec, M, Retamal, M, Wakefield-Rann, R, Berry, F & Giurco, D ISF 2019, Sydney Airport Waste Strategy 2019, Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Kelly, S, Cunningham, R & Plant, R University of Technology Sydney 2019, A Survey of Australian Farms to Assess Water Risk and Resilience, University of Technology Sydney.

Kelly, S, Edwards, M, Klettner, A & Brown, P University of Technology Australia 2019, Unlocking Australia's Sustainable Finance Potential, University of Technology Sydney.

Kelly, S, Plant, R, Cunningham, R & Maras, K UTS Printing Services 2019, Water Scarcity Risk For Australian Farms & The Implications for the Financial Sector, Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Klettner, A, Atherton, A, Clarke, T & Winterford, K University of Technology Sydney 2019, Improving Gender Diversity in Companies, Sydney.

Klettner, A, Clarke, T & Atherton, A University of Technology Sydney 2019, Multinational Corporations and their Subsidiaries, Sydney.

Kohlitz, J, Carrard, N & Willetts, J Institute for Development Studies 2019, Support mechanisms to strengthen equality and non-discrimination (EQND) in rural sanitation (Part 2 of 2), Frontiers of CLTS: Innovations and Insights, no. 13, Institute for Development Studies.

Lovegrove, K, Alexander, D, Bader, R, Stephen, E, Michael, L, Mojiri, A, Rutovitz, J, Hugh, S, Cameron, S, Urkalan, K & Watt, M Australian Government 2019, RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS HEAT, Canberra.

Madden, B & Florin, N Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney 2019, Characterising the material flows through the Australian waste packaging system, UTS-ISF.

Megaw, T & Winterford, K Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney 2019, Act for Peace Community-Based Protection Approach: Briefing Note., Sydney.

Megaw, T, Winterford, K & Falletta, J Prepared for Act for Peace, OfERR, TBC, by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. 2019, 'I'm Prepared: Equality for Refugee Women in the Return and Reintegration Context' Year 2 Learning Report, Sydney.

Mey, F, Briggs, C, Nagrath, K & Rutovitz, J Greenpeace International 2019, Case Studies from Transition Processes in Coal Dependent Communities, Greenpeace International.

Mills, F, Kohlitz, J, Carrard, N & Willetts, J SNV 2019, Considering climate change in urban sanitation: conceptual approaches and practical implications, The Hague.

Mukheibir, P & Fane, S 2019, Review of the decision making framework for allocating water during extreme water shortages [prepared for the NSW Department of Industry], Sydney.

Mukheibir, P, Howe, C, Dunn, G & Watson, R Water Research Foundation 2019, One Water inter-jurisdictional scan [prepared for Regional Municipality of York], Denver.

Nagrath, K, Alexander, D, Dominish, E & Mey, F Institute for Sustainable Futures 2019, Sustainability performance assessment of palm oil producers, Sydney, Australia.

Nagrath, K, Briggs, C & McKibben, J Clean Energy Finance Corporation 2019, How Much Rooftop Solar could be Installed in Australia?, Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Nagrath, K, Wyndham, J, McIntosh, L, Moutou, C & Dwyer, S Prepared for Lake Macquarie City Council 2019, Review & Recommendations to Support the Development of the Lake Macquarie City Council EV Infrastructure Charging Strategy, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Paine, G, Goh, L, Connon, I, Prior, J, Thompson, S, Kent, JL, Rissel, C, Thomas, L, Adams, J, Capon, A & McIntyre, E Landcom 2019, Health and Planning for Victoria Park and Green Square Town Centre: A Contextual Review of Planning Strategy Documents, pp. 1-348, Sydney, Australia.

Sharpe, S, Cunningham, R & Delaney, C UTS 2019, Industrial Transformation in response to climate change | NSW Viticulture Sector, pp. 1-24, UTS:ISF.

Sharpe, S, Delaney, C & Cunningham, R UTS 2019, Forced innovation: Business preparedness and recovery after extreme weather events, pp. 1-67, UTS:ISF.

Sharpe, S, Delaney, C & Cunningham, R UTS 2019, Industrial Transformation in response to climate change: NSW Alpine Tourism Sector, UTS.
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The purpose of this case study is to investigate business innovation activity in response toimpacts associated with a changing climate in the Alpine and Highland regions of New SouthWales. Climate change includes temperature changes, changes in the frequency and intensityof weather events such as heat waves, severe storms and rain events and bushfires.

Turner, A, Fam, D, Jacobs, BC & Jazbec, M Institute for Sustainable Futures 2019, Organix19 - Managing organics waste in a circular economy, pp. 1-33, Sydney.

Wakefield-Rann, R, Jazbec, M & Giurco, D ISF 2019, Closing the loop Data Governance in Smart Cities, Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Wakefield-Rann, R, Jazbec, M & Giurco, D ISF 2019, Closing the loop on waste, Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Wakefield-Rann, R, Lee, T, Pandolfo, B & Florin, N Institute of Sustainable Futures and Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building 2019, Addressing Expanded Polystyrene Waste Through A Closed-Loop System Using Digital Technologies: University of Technology Sydney Pilot Study, UTS.

Watson, R, Fane, S & White, S UTS, Sydney 2019, Pathways to meet 2021 water efficiency targets, UTS, Sydney.
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The City of Sydney (the City) has embarked on bold plan to be a sustainability leader. This plan, outlined in Sustainable Sydney 2030, is underpinned by clear targets and regular, transparent reporting.This project was designed to review the current status of the City’s operational water use, co-design a pathway to enable the water efficiency targets to be met and identify a program to improve capacity and capability within the City to manage water related infrastructure.The project used a series of interviews and a workshop to engage staff from across the organisation. The outcomes of the engagement processes were combined with water consumption data analysis by ISF to develop the recommendations and action pathways.To meet the water targets and address the key barriers to achieving ongoing water savings, ISF has made 22 recommendations for the City to consider. These recommendations are collected and sequenced into four key pathways for the City to follow. The pathways map out the most effective groupings of actions, identify relationships between actions, link actions to work already underway at the City and set immediate priorities.

Watson, R, Nagrath, K & Chong, J Institute for Sustainable Futures UTS 2019, Water savings rebate review and design, UTS Sydney.
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To engage the community in water savings efforts and mitigate the impact ofrestrictions Hunter Water are considering implementing a water efficiency rebate scheme. ISF conducted a desktop review of past and current rebate programs and analysis of the latest developments in rebate design and delivery. This review resulted in classifying 17 types of water efficiency rebate programs. Based on analysis of Hunter Water demand and customer segmenting data, ISF was able to recommend potentially viable short-term water rebate options.

Wyndham, J, Briggs, C, Alexander, D, Maras, K, Morris, T & Dunstan, C Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria) 2019, Solar Optimisation Upgrades in the Victorian Commercial and Industrial Sector, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria).

Riedy, C 2019, 'The Witnesses', AdaptationCONNECTS Research Project, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Briggs, C & McKeon, J 2019, 'Finance Primer'.

Fanning, E 2019, 'The Drum', ABC.

Hinton, J & Maclurcan, D 2019, 'How on Earth: Flourishing in a Not-for-Profit World by 2050'.
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In this book, we outline a model of a non-capitalist market economy based onnot-for-profit forms of business. This work presents both a critique of thecurrent economic system and a vision of a more socially, economically, andecologically sustainable economy. The point of departure is the purpose andprofit-orientation embedded in the legal forms used by businesses (e.g.,for-profit or not-for-profit) and the ramifications of this for globalsustainability challenges such as environmental pollution, resource use,climate change, and economic inequality. We document the rapid rise ofnot-for-profit forms of business in the global economy and offer a conceptualframework and an analytical lens through which to view these relatively neweconomic actors and their potential for transforming the economy. The bookexplores how a market consisting of only or mostly not-for-profit forms ofbusiness might lead to better financial circulation, economic equality, socialwell-being, and environmental regeneration as compared to for-profit markets.

Hope, R, Koehler, J, Katuva, J, Thomson, P, Goodall, S, Thomas, M & Foster, T 2019, 'Longitudinal panel study data on household welfare, water resource management and governance in Kenya 2013-2016'.
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Khara, T 2019, 'Here’s why well-intentioned vegan protesters are getting it wrong', The Conversation.

Madden, B & Florin, N 2019, 'Only half of packaging waste is recycled – here’s how to do better', The Conversation.

McKeon, J & Briggs, C 2019, 'Accounting for Corporate PPAs'.

McKeon, J & Briggs, C 2019, 'Consultants and Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement: A primer for buyers'.

McKeon, J & Briggs, C 2019, 'Energy Management Principles Primer'.

Megaw, T 2019, 'Troubling encounters: The pursuit of human rights to water and sanitation in the face of climate change'.

Megaw, T, Kohlitz, J & Sugi, F 2019, 'Impacts of Climate Change on Sustainable and Inclusive WASH Services'.

Megaw, T, Winterford, K & Ferdows Lipi, H 2019, 'Role of social accountability in promoting women's leadership and gender transformative change'.

Mukheibir, P & Mallam, P 2019, 'Climate Crisis - what's it good for?', The Fifth Estate.
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Niklas, S 2019, 'The Development of Energy Policy and the Adoption of Renewable Electricity in Germany and Australia-A Political Economy Perspective'.
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The last decade has witnessed the substantial adoption of renewable energy in several advanced capitalist economies. This adoption has not been uniform. Germany, despite its geographically limited energy resources from solar and wind, generates more than one-third of its electricity from renewable energy sources, while Australian electricity generation remains dominated by fossil fuels , despite its huge renewable energy resources. The objective of this thesis is to examine why some capitalist economies have implemented policies leading to a greater use of renewable energy and others have not. In particular, Germany and Australia are compared. Two complementary analytical approaches – the Varieties of Capitalism micro approach and Régulation Theory’s macro approach – are applied to identify the social relationships, political ideologies, and institutional architecture facilitating or hindering the adoption of renewable energy. This thesis finds that Germany’s adoption of renewable energy policy has been favoured by social cohesion supported by social security and labour welfare, political activism focused on energy and environmental issues, and consistent state intervention to balance socio-economic inequities. In addition, financial institutions supporting new technology uptake, innovation as the guiding principle for employment, education and firm-state relations, and international competitiveness in energy security, have driven the adoption of renewable energy policy. In comparison, Australia has a critical barrier to the adoption of renewable energy policy in the strong influence of neoliberal ideological principles, which are selectively implemented, and thus rising individualism, high living costs and social inequality. Other barriers are: the prioritisation of economic gains over social welfare and the divorce of economic policy objectives from social and environmental policies. Finally, business elites, including the fossil...

Riedy, C 2019, 'Future stories for a new economy'.
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Riedy, C, McGee, C, Daly, M, Wynne, L & de la sienra, E 2019, 'Collaborative Housing: Building a Great Life Together', University of Technology Sydney.

Ruby, MB & Khara, T 2019, 'The vegans are coming! What’s fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?', The Conversation.

Talwar, S 2019, 'A critical appraisal of eco-industrial initiatives within a pharmaceutical manufacturing region: the case of Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City'.

Talwar, S 2019, 'An empirical investigation of industrial symbiosis in manufacturing: evidence of Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials in cement'.

Teske, S 2019, 'Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals', Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-491.
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© The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2019. This open access book presents detailed pathways to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, it provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Bringing together the latest research in climate science, renewable energy technology, employment and resource impacts, the book breaks new ground by covering all the elements essential to achieving the ambitious climate mitigation targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. For example, sectoral implementation pathways, with special emphasis on differences between developed and developing countries and regional conditions, provide tools to implement the scenarios globally and domestically. Non-energy greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios define a sustainable pathway for land-use change and the agricultural sector. Furthermore, results of the impact of the scenarios on employment and mineral and resource requirements provide vital insight on economic and resource management implications. The book clearly demonstrates that the goals of the Paris Agreement are achievable and feasible with current technology and are beneficial in economic and employment terms. It is essential reading for anyone with responsibility for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses with renewable energy commitments, researchers and the renewable energy industry.

Walsh, S, Northey, S, Huston, D, Yellishetty, M & Czarnota, K 2019, 'Bluecap: A Geospatial Model to Assess Regional Economic-Viability for Mineral Resource Development', California Digital Library (CDL).
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Winterford, K, Giotis, C & Bain, C 2019, 'under review, Framing development: practical ways to represent complexity in development', Taylor & Francis (Routledge).